Pianist ELIZABETH WOLFF has developed a large following both as a chamber
musician and as a soloist. She has collaborated with such noted string quartets
as the Shanghai, the Brunswick, the Rosamonde, and the Zapolski, and has
participated in music festivals including Music Mountain, Aspen, Music at La
Gesse, Mohonk, The Beethoven Festival, and the Festival de Musique en Lorraine.
Founder and Director of Music at Lake Willoughby, Miss Wolff has also been on
chamber music faculties of Summertrios and Music Mountain. Currently, she is Co-Director
of Chamber Music Retreats at Vassar.
Miss Wolff is recipient of numerous awards and sponsorships including the Pro
Musicis Foundation's International Award, The Belsky Music Award, a Music at La
Gesse Fellowship, and The Jerome Foundation debut recording grant. In New York,
she has been presented as soloist for three consecutive seasons on The
Distinguished Artist Series at The Tisch Center of the 92nd Street 'Y', at
Merkin Concert Hall and Florence Gould Hall by Pro Musicis, at The Metropolitan
Museum of Art, and at Weill Recital Hall. As well, she is often featured pianist
in live radio broadcasts on WQXR, WNCN and WNYC. Other United States solo
concert performances include The Phillips Collection in Washington DC, The Dame
Myra Hess Memorial Concerts in Chicago, The Schubert Club in St. Paul, and
numerous Pro Musicis sponsored national recital tours. Miss Wolff's appearance
at London's Purcell Room received rave critical acclaim and was followed with
highly successful tours of Austria, Holland and France. She was invited back to
Vienna to perform works of Brahms in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of
his death.
Miss Wolff's affinity for and love of the piano works of Rachmaninoff
have garnered special notice. She was guest soloist on WQXR's "Russian Nights"
special broadcast, she conducted master classes as well as performed in recital
at the renowned Rachmaninoff Institute in Tambov, Russia, and most recently she
performed for the International Conference of the Rachmaninoff Society in London
and Vienna. Of Miss Wolff's recording of the Six Moments Musicaux, Opus 16,
American Record Guide noted, "I have never heard anything quite like the
enchanting soft playing in No. 5, and No. 6 is a remarkable performance...a
stimulating and musical pianist." This disc has been re-issued, and included on
it is a premiere recording of the two sets of Moments Musicaux (Opus 7 and 84)
by Moritz Moszkowski.
Elizabeth Wolff's commitment to teaching is demonstrated through the broad range
of her educational activities. These include an adjunct lectureship at Hunter
College, presentations for The College Music Society, her lecture/recital series
entitled Minding the Score, chamber music coaching in affiliation with The 92nd
Street YMHA School of Music and with Chamber Music Associates, and her class of
individual students. Miss Wolff received a Bachelor of Music degree from
Northwestern University and a Master of Science degree from The Juilliard School
where she was a scholarship student of Rosina Lhevinne. Other teachers include
Seymour Bernstein, Jeaneane Dowis, and Benjamin Kaplan.
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